Hospital Discharge Interventions: A Cost-Savings Comparison

Autor: Yael Pelenur, Bonnie Albright
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Innovation in Aging
ISSN: 2399-5300
Popis: For an older patient, transitioning back into the community after an acute health incident is a critical juncture. Avoidable acute-care readmissions are expensive for hospitals and federal programs. Negative health outcomes for patients and negative financial outcomes for hospitals and federal programs have focused attention on effective discharge interventions to improve care transitions and decrease avoidable acute-care readmissions. This study compares cost and readmissions outcomes from peer-reviewed publication data for three discharge interventions: Care Transitions Intervention (CTI), Project RED (ReEngineered Discharge), and the Transitional Care Model (TCM). This study adjusted costs to 2015 rates and compared cost savings per patient, return on investment (ROI) and percent reduction of readmissions. Cost savings per patient (2015-adjusted) were found for all interventions: CTI ($152.89); Project RED ($327.03); TCM ($1565.84). ROI was positive for all interventions: CTI (832%); Project RED (535%); TCM (232%). Compared to control groups, intervention group readmissions were 3.6% lower for CTI (n.s.), 5.5% lower for Project RED (p
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